On March 7th, 2025, the 28th National Seminar on Capability Building for Business and Management Schools was held at the School of Economics and Business Administration of Chongqing University. Over a hundred deans, program directors, and heads of departments from business and management schools across the country attended the seminar. Dean and director of the MBA Education Center of the School of Business Administration (SBA), Professor Wu Haitao, vice dean and deputy director of the MBA Education Center, Professor Du Peng, and Chen Ke, from the International Accreditation Office, participated in the seminar. The seminar also featured the 2025 AMBA&BGA Global Business Excellence Award ceremony for Chinese institutions, during which Dean Wu received the Gold Award certificate on behalf of the school and delivered a keynote speech on the achievements of the Gold Award. The seminar was hosted by Professor Wang Zhongming, a senior professor in the humanities at Zhejiang University and the AMBA&BGA China Regional Advisor.
Group Photo of the Representatives from SBA Attending the Capability Building Seminar
SBA was awarded the 2025 Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative Award 2025, which is the only Gold Award granted to an institution in mainland China this year. Additionally, SBA received a BGA Student of the Year Award 2025. Professor Wang Zhongming, on behalf of the AMBA&BGA President, presented the awards to the representatives of the winning institutions and extended his congratulations to them in person.
Dean Wu Haitao Receives the Award Certificate on Behalf of the School at the Ceremony
After the award ceremony, Dean Wu delivered a keynote report on the Gold Award achievements, sharing with the attendees the process and experience of SBA’s application for the AMBA&BGA Excellence Awards. In the 2023–2024 academic year, the school had been nominated for four Excellence Awards. Although we did not win Gold, Silver, or Bronze, the school remained undeterred. SBA’s long-standing commitment to a talent cultivation model focused on social responsibility and sustainable development, along with its innovative approach to integrated applications, received high praise from peers present at the seminar and has led the way in innovation in social responsibility and sustainable development practices in China’s business education sector.
Dean Wu Haitao Delivers a Keynote Speech Sharing His Experience on Applying for the AMBA&BGA Excellence Awards
The seminar also featured five roundtable forums, with over thirty deans of business and management schools sharing insights on five key topics: the 2025 Excellence Awards winners, the new journey of business education, the development of green business cases, AI empowerment in business education, and BGA capability building practices.
On-site at the 28th National Seminar on Capability Building for Business and Management Schools